m1unit1reading.ppt

Step1lead in IfyouwanttotaketheOctoberGREtest youneedtofinishthecomputer basedAnalyticalWritingsectionbetween A September 2005B October23 2004andJune11 2005C July1andSeptember17 2004D June 2005TOEFL ThenewTOEFLscoringsystemwillberevealedthisJunebytheUS basedEducationalTestingService ETS ETSwilladminister 主办 thenewTOEFLtestinSeptember 2005 4GRE Thepaper basedVerbalandQuantitativesectionsfortheGREtestswillbeheldonJune12 TherewillbetwoGREtests onOctober23 2004andJune11 2005 ThosetakingtheOctobertestmustfinishthecomputer basedAnalyticalWriting 分析写作 sectionbetweenJuly1andSeptember17 thosetakingtheJune11onemustfinishthecomputer basedsectionbetweenSeptember21 andApril29 2005 Step2Readingstrategy Skimmingandscanning Weskimatextwhenwewanttogetthemainmeaningofit Welookatthetitlesandheadings thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandlastparagraphsaswellaspicturesandchartstoguesswhatthetextisabout Whenwewanttofindcertaininformationinatextquickly wescanthetextforkeywordsandphrases dates numbers etc wedonotneedtoreadthewholetextwordbyword Scanthetextquicklyandanswerthesequestions 1 HowlongdidWeiHuastayinBritain 2 WhatwasthenameofWeiHua sclassteacher 3 WhatdidWeiHuamakeinherWoodworkclass Oneyear MrHeywood Smalltable Step3FastReading Trueorfalse 1 WeiHualikestheschoolhoursintheUK 2 Chineseschoolsencouragestudentstoworkhard 3 WeiHua sfavoriteteacherwasMissBurke 4 Britishstudentsalwayshavethesameclassroomsandclassmates 5 Britishstudentscanonlystudytwolanguages EnglishandFrench 6 WeiHuaenjoyedplayingfootball 7 WeiHuaisnowbackinManchesteragain T T T F F T F Step4DetailedReading Schoolhours Attendingassembly Teachersandclassmates Homeworkandsubjects Britishfoodandheractivities hope Schoolhours Attendingassembly Teachersandclassmates Yes starts ends Diane rules MissBurke No Becausetheyhadtomove Homeworkandsubjects Britishfoodandheractivities hope a Thehomeworkwasnotheavy butwhywasitalitlechallengingforher a WhydidherEnglishimprovealot a Dostudentshavetolearnallthesubjectseveniftheydon tlikethem a WhydidshemissChinesefoodalotatlunchtime b Sheusuallyplayedontheschoolfield Sometimes Sometimes a Shefeltluckyandhopes BecauseallthehomeworkwasinEnglish BecausesheusedEnglisheverydayand No BecauseBritishfoodisverydifferent Sheplayedfootballwiththeboys Shejustrelaxedunderatreeorsatongrrass togobacktostudyinManchesteragain WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage A Sheusedtogetupat8aminChina B whattheheadmastertoldthemsoundedlikewhatsheusedtohearinherschoolinChina C shewassuchagoodcookthatshelikedcookingBritishfood D Shedidn tlikeHistoryorArt soshechoseWoodwork 2 Whatisthemainideaofthepassage A HerEnglishimprovedalotassheusedEnglisheveryday B SchoollifeintheUKisbusyandbitter C ShehadawonderfulexperienceinaBritishschool D ShewashappywiththeBritishschoolhours Step5Multiplechoice 3 Whichofthefollowinghastheclosestmeaningto Icoulde mailmyfamilyandfriendsbackhomeforfree A Icoulde mailmyfamilyandfriendsbackhomewithoutpayingmoney B Icoulde mailmyfamilyandfriendsbackhomefreely C Icoulde mailmyfamilyandfriendsinmyfreetime D Icouldbefreetoe mailmyfamilyandfriendsbackhome 4 Thewriter spurposeofwritingthepassageisto A tellusthatshedoesn tlikeschoollifeinBritainB excitemorestudentstostudyabroadC improveherEnglishD introduceherexcitingandhappylifeinBritain 5 Shefeltluckybecause A shecouldgetupanhourlaterthanusualB theheadmastertoldthemtoearnrespectbyworkinghardandachievinghighgradesC shehadbeengivenagoldenopportunitytostudyinBritainandmethelpfulandfriendlyteachersandstudentsD sheimprovedherEnglish Retellthepassageaccordingtotheform Step6 Schoolhours Attendingassembly Teachersandclassmates behappywith start end Diane theheadmaster rules thebest way MissBurke move Homeworkandsubjects Britishfoodandheractivities hope abitchallenging improve drop miss desserts play relax Manchester Nowadays moreandmoreyoungstudentsaregoingabroadtostudy Whateffects 影响 willthenewschoollifehaveonthem Step7Discussion Advantages 1 widentheirview2 improvetheirEnglish3 Learntobeindependentandcooperatewithothers4 learnaboutforeigncustomsandculture5 lettheforeignerslearnaboutchinaandattractthemtoin